ELVES LIVE  IN THE LAND      
     BEYOND THE GREAT  DAM.       
  IT WAS  BUILT IN  THE  LATE SIXTIES.  
     THE ELVES CAME  TO US THEN.    
                      
                      
 THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE 
 CAME TO TRUST THEM.           US 
 KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN  AT THE  WATER EVEN 
 THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED.        
     SOMETIMES THE  SLUICE  WOULD CLOSE 
 ENTIRELY, AND  THE  RIVER  AT  THE  DAMS 
 FOOT WOULD  DRY UP,  REVEALING THE ROCKY 
 WATER  GARDEN  THAT  HAD   BEEN   HIDDEN 
 BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE.      
       BEFORE  THE DAM OPENED  AGAIN, 
 THERE WOULD BE A  SIGNAL,  BUT THE ELVES 
 WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND  SUDDENLY 
 WE WOULD FIND THE WATER  RISING, ALREADY 
 AT OUR KNEES.                
                      
   BY  THEN  THE  ELVES WOULD BE GONE.